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Indian custom-clothing brand Creyate plans to open stores in Singapore, the US, UK and Dubai after a successful foray into Japan. Owned by Arvind Internet, the company recently opened its first luxury store in the Indian city of Bengaluru and is considering…
A Shake Shack Singapore store is reportedly planned for the Jewel Changi Airport shopping centre. Singapore food blog 8 Days, quoting an “industry source” says the chic American gourmet burger chain is in the final stages of preparation to launch in…
Malaysia’s Will Group is planning to open first Chatime Singapore outlet this year. The first two stores will be opened inside shopping malls, with a third scheduled for Jewel Changi Airport next year. The group is also negotiating to take over the Singapore…
Singaporeans are interested the use of biometric methods to verify identity (97%) and make payments (96%), while recognizing that biometrics are faster, easier and more secure than traditional passwords, according to a recent Visa survey on biometric…
Singapore’s M1 has joined StarHub in looking to carve out a share of Singapore’s new open electricity market. M1 has announced a collaboration with Keppel Electric, a participating electricity retailer in Singapore’s Jurong open electricity market (OEM) soft…
A Shake Shack Singapore store is reportedly planned for the Jewel Changi Airport shopping centre. Singapore food blog 8 Days, quoting an “industry source” says the chic American gourmet burger chain is in the final stages of preparation to launch in…
Indian custom-clothing brand Creyate plans to open stores in Singapore, the US, UK and Dubai after a successful foray into Japan. Owned by Arvind Internet, the company recently opened its first luxury store in the Indian city of Bengaluru and is considering…
NTUC FairPrice has relaunched its e-commerce platform, renaming it FairPrice On. A revamped mobile app and online portal provide a user-interface the grocery describes as “more robust and intuitive” and an automated storage and retrieval system that increases…
DFS Group (DFS), the world’s leading luxury travel retailer, successfully hosted its seventh annual Masters of Wines and Spirits event on Saturday March 24 and Sunday March 25 at The Warehouse Hotel on the banks of the Singapore River. The highly anticipated…
US retailer Ashley Furniture HomeStore has opened its first Singapore outlet, in Kallang Way. On the ground floor, the 7000sqft store offers items for the living room, dining room, bedroom, family spaces and home office. These include beds, clocks, sofas and…
Food-delivery company Foodpanda Singapore has launched a 30-seater restaurant, Favourites by Foodpanda. In Woodlands Avenue, the 3100sqft (288sqm) restaurant allows customers to pick and match dishes from nine restaurants such as Ichiban Bento, Crystal Jade…
Will Group Sdn Bhd, the master franchisee for Chatime in Malaysia, is eyeing the rights for Chatime in Singapore a year after it opens its first outlet there. Chatime Malaysia group managing director Aliza Ali said it has obtained the green light from Chatime…
Pizza Hut Singapore has introduced a robot that takes orders and processes payments. In a five-day trial ending on Sunday, diners at the Safra Punggol Pizza Hut outlet will be the first in Southeast Asia to be able to try out the new technology. After the…
Thousands of food and beverage (F&B) establishments in Singapore and the region dedicate themselves to serving freshly brewed cups of java or tea and delightful pastries every day. While many Asian countries have enjoyed the café culture phenomenon for many…
One Raffles Place Shopping Mall, a six-storey retail mall located in the heart of Singapore’s central business district (“CBD”) in Raffles Place and part of the iconic integrated commercial development One Raffles Place, is set for a revamp as it undergoes…
Singtel expects the service to launch mid-2018 in 20,000 points in Singapore and Thailand. Travellers with Singtel’s mobile wallets could soon continue to use their home wallet app to make payments when overseas. Singtel will link its mobile wallets across…
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